Favorite books when you were a kid?

I was thinking this morning about all the neat books I grew up with when I was a kid-

The Boxcar Children-
All of a Kind Family-
Stuart Little
Brighty of the Grand Canyon and
Nancy Drew were some of my favorites.

What were some of yours?

Wow, there's a lot to think about there, MA !
The Boxcar Children (nice to know I'm not the only one!)
Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys
Black Beauty
Heidi
Tom Sawyer
Cherry Ames series

oooo books!

Nancy Drew
Hardy Boys
The Girl with the Silver Eyes
Samantha's Secret Room
Animals are Almost Human
I also had a fascination for one of my parents books 'Mysteries of the Unexplained'

The Bobsey Twins. a series of books based on the adventures of a family with 2 sets of twins. They went to the farm and camping and solved easy mysteries. Stuff like who took the bucket out of the shed.

The Outsiders and That was then, This is Now. Books my nephews and neices are reading now.

I guess I'm such a dork. I read over and over:

The Wind in the Willows
Charlotte's Webb
A Wrinkle in Time
A Separate Peace
The Incredible Journey
Call of the Wild
Tales by Edgar Allen Poe
Harriet the Spy (all time favorite, I actually walked around the neighborhood every day for a month spying and writing things in a notebook. If somebody asked me what the heck I was doing, I told them my name was Harriet. I was 10.)

Back in my picture book days, I used to LOVE a book called, "If Everybody Did" by JoAnn Stover. It has been out of print for a long time, but I recently found a new paperback version on amazon. I bought it immediately.

I also liked Nany Drew, the Happy Hollisters, books by Beverly Cleary, especially Ramona the Pest, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series.

One of the best things about being an elementary school teacher is sharing books that I liked with kids. Reading aloud is one of my favorite things to do at school.

oooh I love Beverly Cleary!

And I loved Enid Blyton books - my favourite were the Faraway tree series and the Naughtiest Girl in the School series. I should look for them.

I also loved the Little House on the Prairie series as well

Originally Posted by sashacat421

I guess I'm such a dork. I read over and over:

The Wind in the Willows
Charlotte's Webb
A Wrinkle in Time
A Separate Peace
The Incredible Journey
Call of the Wild
Takes by Edgar Allen Poe

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Oohh, oohhh, I forgot about Charlottes Web and A Wrinkle in Time (and the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary, and Super Fudge!)

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (the first book ever written on the humane treatment of animals) I have a collection of Black Beauty books published in various years.
Charlotte's Web
The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley
The Cat Who ... series by...I forgot her name

OH! Mrs. PiggleWiggle! I loved her! I haven't thought of those books in ages! Thanks Deb for sharing that special series brought back some good memories.

Black Beauty
Nancy Drew
Bobbsey Twins

Jane Eyre (as I got older)

One of the best books I read in the early 70's was called Five Smooth Stones - I actually ordered a copy in recent years from a publishing house in Boston just so I would have a copy in my library.

Charlotte's Webb - Wilbur's owner was a girl name Fern, My name is Fern I never knew another Fern

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - My childhood dream to own a candy factory that has a river of chocolate. . . actually my adult dream is the same.

Pippi Longstocking (series)

??? The All of a Kind Family - it was a series of books about a poor family that all dress alike ??? this can't be right but it is how I remember it

Before I could read, I made my mom read Little Red Ridinghood to me so much that I could repeat it verbatim and even knew where to turn the pages!

Here were some of my other favorites

Mimi the Merrygoround cat
Courderoy
Charlotte's Web
Judy Bloom Books
Horton Hears a Who
I first read To Kill a Mockingbird when I was 10 years old. It is still my favorite book of all time.

I forgot Dr Seuss' "If I ran a Circus"

As a small child:

Dr. Seuss Horton series
Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat series
Bobbsey Twins

Older child:

Tom Swift Senior (Written beginning in 1910 and ending about 1943)
Tom Swift Junior
Hardy Boys
(I still have the complete collections of all 3 of these.)

Anything by Mark Twain

From an adolescent to this day:

Anything and everything.



Jeff

The Phantom Tollbooth
The House With A Clock In Its Walls
The Narnia books
A Wrinkle In Time

That right I forgot about the The Narnia books actually I only read first one

Harold and the Purple Crayon

My parents book - The Family of Man - it is coffeetable photo book

I love books

Two series that came to mind right away for me are Babysitter's Club and Sweet Valley High. Other books though... hmmm...I liked Black Beauty a lot, Charlotte's Web, Nancy Drew books, and the Ramona books. I always had my face in a book! I have the worst memory, though, so I can't think of anymore.

My all time favorite author was Judy Blume, I had all her books.
The Bobsey Twins, Sweet Valley High, The Baby Sitters Club, and The Boxcar Children were also favorites.

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Two series that came to mind right away for me are Babysitter's Club and Sweet Valley High. Other books though... hmmm...I liked Black Beauty a lot, Charlotte's Web, Nancy Drew books, and the Ramona books. I always had my face in a book! I have the worst memory, though, so I can't think of anymore.

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Having no memory is good you get to reread a great book like it is the first time.